Re: [paws] Protocol Action: 'Protocol to Access White-Space (PAWS) Databases' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-paws-protocol-20.txt)

Dear Vincent and Brian, 

This could not have been accomplished without your tireless efforts, thanks so much. Sincerely, Nancy

On Nov 10, 2014, at 9:55 PM, Vincent Chen <vchen@google.com> wrote:

> Thanks All!
> 
> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Rosen, Brian <Brian.Rosen@neustar.biz> wrote:
> Yay!
> > On Nov 10, 2014, at 4:49 PM, The IESG <iesg-secretary@ietf.org> wrote:
> >
> > The IESG has approved the following document:
> > - 'Protocol to Access White-Space (PAWS) Databases'
> >  (draft-ietf-paws-protocol-20.txt) as Proposed Standard
> >
> > This document is the product of the Protocol to Access WS database
> > Working Group.
> >
> > The IESG contact persons are Pete Resnick and Barry Leiba.
> >
> > A URL of this Internet Draft is:
> > http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-paws-protocol/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Technical Summary
> >
> >   Portions of the radio spectrum that are allocated to licensees are
> >   available for non-interfering use.  This available spectrum is called
> >   "White Space."  Allowing secondary users access to available spectrum
> >   "unlocks" existing spectrum to maximize its utilization and to
> >   provide opportunities for innovation, resulting in greater overall
> >   spectrum utilization.
> >
> >   One approach to manage spectrum sharing uses databases to report
> >   spectrum availability to devices.  To achieve interoperability among
> >   multiple devices and databases, a standardized protocol must be
> >   defined and implemented.  This document defines such a protocol, the
> >   "Protocol to Access White Space (PAWS) Databases".
> >
> > Working Group Summary
> >
> >   During the design of the protocol, in earlier phases, there was some
> >   controversy, even deadlock at some point over a few points. But
> >   issues got addressed, and for the last 3 versions of the document
> >   there were no comments indicating any controversy. There were
> >   significant comments during AD Review and Last Call that have
> >   also been addressed to the satisfaction of the reviewers, and a
> >   second Last Call took place to confirm.
> >
> > Document Quality
> >
> >   During private conversations, several mailing list members indicated
> >   that they have an implementation of a version of the protocol, but
> >   none came forward publicly with their implementations yet, and there
> >   was no request to hold an interop event.
> >
> > Personnel
> >
> >   Gabor Bajko <gaborbajko@gmail.com> is the shepherd.
> >   Pete Resnick <presnick@qti.qualcomm.com> is the AD.
> >
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